Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia, [baˈha.sa in.ˈdɔ.nɛ.sja]) is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world—of which the majority speak Indonesian, which makes it one of the more widely spoken languages in the world. The Indonesian name for the language (bahasa Indonesia) is also occasionally found in English and other languages.